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    "id": 879550,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "The National Treasury has in the past taken inordinately long periods of time before getting back to the committee and we resolved last year that we will only give the National Treasury a maximum of 21 days because we are given by our Standing Orders at least 21 days to communicate to the Speaker. We have sat down and made this clear to them. We will also give the National Treasury 21 days from the time we consider anything that is significant for them to get back to us. Indeed, let me report that last week on Thursday, we considered many of these Bills that had been with the National Treasury for long and gave their memoranda on what their thoughts were, some of which we have considered and allowed to proceed. This House will make a determination on them even with reservations from the National Treasury. There are others that we concurred with the National Treasury that the effect is so significant that we may not be able to accommodate it within the current budgetary framework or even the medium-term framework. Therefore, on some we have declined and those decisions again have been relayed to the Office of the Speaker. Hon. Speaker, let me say that as the Budget and Appropriations Committee, we will continue to consider all legislative proposals as they come, but I want to seek the indulgence of the House for, at least, this period. This is the busiest season for the Budget and Appropriations Committee. As I said, this week and next week, we are all engaged on the BPS matter. I am sure many of us are engaged in our departmental committees on the BPS matter. So, at a time like this, we suspend legislative proposals hearing until after the BPS. From next week but one after The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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